Extended Leadership Experiences 2021

With there still being uncertainty about the safety of in-person gatherings, we have decided to postpone our in-person MidWest Leadership School, scheduled for July 2021, until 2022. The safety of our students and presenters is paramount, and we cannot guess well enough whether it will be safe come July. As you probably know, the UUA has shifted the General Assembly in June 2021 to an all-virtual event, so we are following suit—it doesn’t seem that two weeks later the situation will be any more guaranteed.

But the leadership needs of our congregations continue. To accommodate the loss of the in-person school this summer, we’re doing two things:

• Holding a second session of this fall’s successful Extended Leadership Experience during this spring (dates below)
• Planning for a follow-up ELE 200 for fall of 2021 to explore other leadership topics.

This fall’s Extended Leadership Experience was a big success—sold out in two and a half weeks, with a 90+% attendance rate. The evaluations say that those who attended said that the content was relevant to their congregation and leadership in their congregations.

We held a second session of the Extended Leadership Experience Spring 2021. We covered identity, mission/vision, systems, and conflict, along with four incredible history presentations by the Rev. Connie Simon.

Then this coming fall, 2021, we will hold Extended Leadership Experience 200 to build upon this year’s topics and discuss more complex leadership skills. We are still working on the details of that course, yet we know that attendance at either the Fall 2020 or Spring 2021 Extended Leadership Experience will be a prerequisite for ELE 200.

We look forward to seeing you at this Spring’s ELE and next Fall’s ELE 200, and, once again in person (we hope!) in the summer of 2022.

For more information, feel free to reach out to Lisa Presley, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..